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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Publisher Weekly Review     School Library Journal Review     More Content       More by this author     Golio, Gary.     Subjects     Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Juvenile literature.     Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit -- Juvenile literature.     Lynching -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Lynching -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Golio, Gary.       by title:      Strange fruit : Bill...       by call number:      781.65092 G626s     Search the Web     Golio, Gary.     Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Juvenile literature.     Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit -- Juvenile literature.     Lynching -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Lynching -- History -- Juvenile literature.     Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.       MARC Display

Strange fruit : Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song / Gary Golio ; illustrated by Charlotte Riley-Webb. by Golio, Gary. Millbrook Press, c2017. Call #: 781.65092 G626s Subjects Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959 -- Juvenile literature.   Allan, Lewis, 1903-1986. Strange fruit -- Juvenile literature.   Lynching -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Lynching -- History -- Juvenile literature.   Blacks -- Biography -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9781467751230 (hardback) Alternate title:  Billie Holiday and the power of a protest song Description:  1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references. Summary:  Silence. That was the response at Cafe Society the first time Billie Holiday performed a song called "Strange Fruit." In the 1930s, Billie was known as a performer of jazz and blues music, but his song wasn't either of those things. It was a song about injustice, and it would change her life forever. Discover how two outsiders Billie Holiday, a young black woman raised in poverty, and Abel Meeropol, the son of Jewish immigrants combined their talents to create a song that challenged racism and paved the way for the civil rights movement. Tells the story of how Billie Holiday and songwriter Abel Meeropol combined their talents to create "Strange Fruit," the iconic protest song that brought attention to lynching and racism in America. Genre:  Biography, Juvenile. Other authors:  Riley-Webb, Charlotte. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Children's Black Nonfiction 781.65092 G626s Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Children's Black Nonfiction 781.65092 G626s Childrens Books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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